La Plata County, CO Vital Records

Where can find La Plata County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
La Plata County vital records can be found at the Colorado Office of Vital Records which has copies of birth, marriage, divorce and death records. There is a fee for each copy requested. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in Colorado for current fees and application process.

La Plata County, CO Census Records

What La Plata County, CO census records are available?
There are many types of census records for La Plata County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1880(free index), 1890(fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.

La Plata County, CO Courthouse and Government Records

La Plata County Courthouse

What genealogical records can I find in the La Plata County Courthouse?

Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of La Plata County court, probate, and land records data as a useful resource of ancestry and genealogy information. Buried away in Colorado courthouses and archives everywhere are the ambitions and frustrations of countless Colorado residents.

The possibilities are excellent that your forefathers have left a comprehensive document of at least a number of facets of their lives in the La Plata County court records. Even if your forebears is not referred to in a Court case, contemplate all of the other procedures that could have lead to him or her to appear in court records. See Also Colorado Corthouse Records Research Guide.

Colorado, Statewide Marriage Index, 1900-1939(familysearch.org) Card index created by the Division of Vital Statistics, Department of Health in Colorado. The index is arranged alphabetically by groom's name providing county, names of husband and wife, age, race, date and place of marriage, certificate number.

La Plata Co. CO Court, Probate Land and Tax Records

La Plata Co. CO Census Records

Navajo Springs, Colorado Ute Census, 1904-08(search.ancestry.com) Established in 1892, the Fort Lewis Indian School, located just 14 miles south and west of Durango, Colorado, operated for 18 years before being closed by the Federal Government in 1910. This database is a collection of records prepared by the school superintendents between 1904 and 1908. Each record reveals the individual's Native American and English name along with information regarding sex, age and relationship to the head of household. With nearly 3400 entries, this can be a great aid to researchers of Native American ancestors.

La Plata Co. CO Military Records

Colorado Military Records(fold3.com) offers access to military records, stories, photos, and personal documents belonging to the Colorado men and women who served. Perfect for La Plata County genealogists, researchers, historians plus much more.

La Plata Co. CO Schools & Directories

Colorado City Directories(search.ancestry.com) This database is a collection of city directories for various years and cities in Colorado. Generally a city directory will contain an alphabetical list of its citizens, listing the names of the heads of households, their addresses, and occupational information. Sometimes the wife's name will be listed in parentheses or italics following the husband's. Often, dates of deaths of individuals listed in the previous year's directory are listed as well as the names of partners of firms, and when possible, the forwarding addresses or post offices of people who moved to another town. In addition to the alphabetical portion, a city directory may also contain a business directory, street directory, governmental directory, and listings of town officers, schools, societies, churches, post offices, and other miscellaneous matters of general and local interest.